Hershey Sets National Record in Red Cross Seals Sale
Hershey residents raised 6200 Red Cross Christmas Seals, a national town record for a population around one thousand. The drive, led by A. W. Snavely and chaired by John Fox Weiss, involved local committee members and yielded a $62 check returned with praise from Harrisburg. The letter credits speeches by Dr. Hain and Weiss, but notes the drumbeat comes from the town’s behind the scenes workers.
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Hershey
Red Cross
John Fox Weiss
Harrisburg
Dr. Hain
Alice Elder
Mgr. Fox
George J. Eppley
A. W. Snavely
J.m.brandau
Allison Garman
Lynn R. Meekins
Hershey Committee
Meekins
Snavely
Hain
Markets of Motion Pictures Era Reach New Scale
The article notes explosive growth in film production from 1914 including 10,000 reels made by American manufacturers and 68,000 miles of film, with costs totaling tens of millions. It cites 17,000 to 18,000 theatres and massive audience reach, outlining industry scale and spending up to late 1914.
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New York City
United States
Cleveland
National Board of Censorship
Record year for American sports attendance reaches twenty five million
National figures show 25 million spectators attended amateur and professional sports in the past year, with baseball leading at about nine million and football second at over six million. Experts say the estimate is conservative, listing other sports such as horse racing, tennis, auto and motorcycle racing, polo and rowing among major drawing events.
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United States
New York
Parke Davis
Billy Sunday on Revivals and Church Reform
Billy Sunday argues for a wide revival to reform church life and curb worldliness in believers. He condemns lax Sunday school teaching and secular pursuits, urging renewal from Wales to America and warning that culture clubs threaten the church's influence.
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Church of God
America
Rome
Babylon
Nineveh
Methodist Conference
Presbyterian
Baptist
God
Heaven
Wales
Roberts
Wilson urges boys to keep striving beyond school
President Woodrow Wilson tells students that real schooling begins after graduation. He warns that future bosses are harder teachers and stresses action over promises, urging perseverance to the final moment and a second wind in life.
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Woodrow Wilson
Not Needed Clerk Writing Paper Ad Across Courtroom
A courtroom exchange features a clerk praising writing paper for polite correspondence and a customer seeking to write to her husband as the judge weighs the request. The moment captures a small slice of courtroom decorum and personal note making.
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Billy Sunday
Wilson
Hershey, Penna
Underwood
Elliott Cresson
North Third Street
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